US stops Russian Imperialism!

["Ken Hanly" <khanly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

#11
The Globe and Mail (Canada)
October 17, 2000
U.S. buttinskyism
Letter
STEVE GOWANS

Nepean, Ont. -- After allowing that Western oil companies have more than
$50-billion (U.S.) invested in Azerbaijan and that the country's oil
reserves are potentially a vital source of supply for the United States,
Geoffrey York (The Dream Merchants -- Oct. 16) goes on to write that the
U.S. interest in Azerbaijan has much to do with the desire to check the
spread of Russian imperial ambitions.

Let's see. Russia is reduced to taking handouts from the IMF, its military
is crumbling and its empire has long ago collapsed. At the same time, the
U.S. has 200,000 troops permanently stationed in 40 countries abroad, a
U.S.-led NATO expands eastward, and the U.S. dominance of the world is the
theme of a series of Globe articles. One wonders about whose imperial
ambitions Mr. York should be writing.

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